Borderless realm of love, loss, and reconciliation Maybe opening this year’s Boston Turkish Film Festival with a movie by Fatih Akin is the festival’s way of calling attention to Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union.

Michael Haneke’s thriller still feels Funny Although it has only one really graphic moment of violence, Michael Haneke’s Funny Games probably distresses audiences more than the torture porn in the Saw and Hostel series.

In new films, truth is fluid — and controlled by the click of a button In almost every movie you go to these days you’ll see another screen — a television, a computer, even another movie screen — within the screen you’re watching.

Interview: Brett Morgen defends his Chicago 10 One of the great principles of American jurisprudence, though not necessarily of film criticism, is a defendant’s right to confront his accuser in a court of law.